Chocolate Mocha Ice Cream

Prep Time
minutes

Cook Time
minutes

Total Time
minutes

Serving
size
Recipe provided by Heather McPherson from Heather's Florida Kitchen.
Ingredients
- 1 cup cold whole milk
- 1 cup half-and-half
- 2 cups cold whipping cream
- 3/4 cup super-fine sugar or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons espresso powder
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Preparation
- Freeze a glass 9-by-13-inch pan until frosty. Freeze the beaters of your electric mixer. Freeze a large glass mixing bowl.
- Combine the ingredients in the chilled glass mixing bowl, stirring until the sugar is completely dissolved, about 3 minutes.
- Pour mixture into the chilled 9-by-13-inch pan. Return pan to freezer uncovered. On low speed, whip the creamy mixture in the pan once every 4 hours. As you work the mixture will take on a soft serve consistency.
- Serve or continue to whip and chill mixture until desired consistency is reached.
Test kitchen tips:
- For easy entertaining, pre-scoop balls of ice cream onto a metal baking sheet and leave in the freezer until ready to serve.
- Add interest to the table by serving ice cream in hollowed out oranges and garnish with a little bit of citrus zest. Slightly trim the bottoms so the orange halves will sit on the serving plate.
- Create chocolate “bowls” by dipping balloons in melted coating chocolate. Place on parchment paper, when chocolate cools and hardens pop the balloons fill remaining vessels with scoops of ice cream.